For many would be bitcoiners, that first step of converting cash into bitcoin is the most difficult.

Not necessarily because it’s a difficult process, because it’s not, but because it is a new process that hasn’t been refined quite to the level that most modern consumers are accustomed to.

This also means that there aren’t as many online tutorials and how-to’s as there are for just about anything else in the world.. This little “hurdle ” to bitcoin investment is shrinking more and more every day.

As clever entrepreneurs come up with increasingly better solutions, the barrier to entry will lower and thus more and more people will dip their toes in the bitcoin waters.

The good news is, Coinbase.com has already lowered that barrier drastically for U.S. citizens.

In this article we’ll go over why Coinbase is your best option when trying to choose how to enter the rapidly changing world of digital currencies.